| Honorific-Prefix: | Her Excellency |
| Sybilla Dekker | |
| Office: | Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment |
| Term Start: | 27 May 2003 |
| Term End: | 21 September 2006 |
| Primeminister: | Jan Peter Balkenende |
| Predecessor: | Henk Kamp |
| Successor: | Karla Peijs (Ad interim) |
| Birthname: | Sybilla Maria Dekker |
| Birth Date: | 1942 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Alkmaar, Netherlands |
| Party: | People's Party for Freedom and Democracy |
| Spouse: | |
| Partner: | Ben Bot (since 2007) |
| Residence: | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Alma Mater: | Utrecht University (Bachelor of Business Management) |
| Occupation: | Politician · Civil servant · Businesswoman · Corporate director · Nonprofit director · Trade association executive · Management consultant · Social worker |
Sybilla Maria Dekker (born 23 March 1942) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businesswoman. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 22 June 2018.[1]
A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), she was minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the second and third Balkenende cabinets. She resigned on 21 September 2006, after the publication of the Dutch Safety Board report about the fire that occurred in 2005 at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, killing 11 people.[2]
Since 2008, she has been the domestic partner of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Ben Bot.
| Honours | ||||
| Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau | Netherlands | 11 April 2007 | ||
| Honorific Titles | ||||
| Ribbon bar | Honour | Country | Date | Comment |
| Minister of State | Netherlands | 22 June 2018 | Style of Excellency | |